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Strategic priority pediatric topicsHealth equityEducation and policy (varies by pillar)
About Academic Pediatric Association
The foundation is focused squarely on supporting pediatric research conducted through academic medical centers and children's hospitals across the United States. Their grants predominantly fund investigator-led research, hospital research institutes, and academic departments of pediatrics rather than direct service programs, reflecting a strong emphasis on advancing clinical and translational pediatric science. Funding is broadly national but concentrated at major university medical centers and pediatric hospitals.
Focus Areas
Academic pediatric clinical and translational research at university medical centersChildren's hospital research institutes and pediatric research centersSupport for investigator-initiated pediatric research projects and pilot studiesResearch-focused grants to major teaching hospitals (e.g., CHOP, Boston, Seattle, Nationwide)
Who They Fund
childreninfantspediatric patients
Giving Approach
Distributed national funding with repeated, modest-to-medium sized grants: a small number of repeat core grantees (e.g., University of Miami, CHOP) alongside many one-off grants to university medical schools and children’s hospitals; most awards are in the low-to-mid five-figure range and targeted to research units rather than general operating support.
About Academic Pediatric Association
A defining feature of Academic Pediatric Association grantmaking is its steady support for academic pediatric research inside university medical centers and children’s hospitals. The largest recent awards in the data go to the University of Miami for pediatric research, including $85,052 in 2025 and $18,981 in 2023, alongside a $54,000 2025 grant to New York University School of Medicine. That pattern points to a funder backing investigator-led work rather than direct service, with grants landing at institutions that can carry out clinical and translational research. The association’s recent awards also show repeat support for major pediatric research institutions. Children’s Hospital Corporation in Boston received grants in both 2023 and 2024, and the Research Institute at Nationwide Children’s Hospital appears in 2023 and 2024 as well. Other awards go to The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Stanford University, Baylor College of Medicine, and Texas Tech University. The result is a national grantmaking profile centered on pediatric science, early-career research, and academic training environments.
What Academic Pediatric Association Funds
Academic Pediatric Association gives across several connected pediatric research and training areas. In clinical and translational research, it awarded $25,000 to Vanderbilt University Medical Center for pediatric research and $14,990 to Oregon Health & Science University for pediatric research. For children’s hospital research infrastructure, Children’s Hospital Medical Center in Cincinnati received $24,000 in 2023 and $10,000 in 2024 for pediatric research. The association also supports investigator development. The Catalyst Career Development Program is aimed at pediatric clinician-educators and researchers, and the Young Investigator Awards Program is listed as a pediatric research funding program for early-career support. A separate mentoring track, the New Century Scholars Resident Mentoring Program, provides scholar travel grants and support for underrepresented-in-medicine pediatric residents attending the Pediatric Academic Societies meeting.
How Academic Pediatric Association Gives
Typical awards are modest and clustered in a narrow band: the p25 grant size is $10,000, the median is $14,971, and the p75 is $22,408. The grant list shows repeat awards to several institutions across multiple years, including Children’s Hospital Corporation, the Research Institute at Nationwide Children’s Hospital, University of Miami, Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Tech University, and Children’s Hospital Medical Center. That suggests recurring institutional relationships rather than one-off awards. The foundation does not fund individuals. Its active programs include unsolicited application pathways for several award programs, including the Catalyst Career Development Program, Young Investigator Awards Program, RAPID Scholar Awards, Collaborative Research Awards Program, and APA Pillar Award.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$274K
Total Assets
$2M
Total Revenue
$3.2M
Total Expenses
$2.7M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $10K and $22K, with a median of $15K.
25th Percentile
$10K
Median
$15K
75th Percentile
$22K
Geographic Reach
National19 states funded
About 2% of grants go to recipients in MA.
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Headquarters
Leadership
JESSICA KONRATH
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